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We are better than this

Written By: darien fenton - Date published: 10:19 am, February 20th, 2022 - 40 comments

Trying to remember the numbers of protestors in Wellington are small in number compared to the rest of us

Convoy protest 20/2/22

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 6:05 am, February 20th, 2022 - 160 comments

A general discussion post.

Convoy protest 19/2/22

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 6:05 am, February 19th, 2022 - 294 comments

A general discussion post.

Meanwhile, omicron and delta in New Zealand

Written By: weka - Date published: 12:20 pm, February 18th, 2022 - 73 comments

Delta is still a problem in New Zealand, and we’re still not talking about long covid.

Why haven’t the police acted?

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:30 am, February 18th, 2022 - 474 comments

It is day 10 of the Anti vax protest on Parliament’s grounds. More cars are being parked illegally and despite considerable disruption to Wellington’s roading network so far not one car has been towed by the police.

Convoy protest 18/2/22

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 6:05 am, February 18th, 2022 - 78 comments

A general discussion post.

Convoy protest 17/2/22

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 6:10 am, February 17th, 2022 - 197 comments

A general discussion post.

What does the right to protest actually mean?

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 12:30 pm, February 16th, 2022 - 62 comments

A primer on the “right to protest”. Contrary to the views of some there is no right to protest. Instead there are rights of assembly, movement and a right to freedom of speech. And there is no absolute right to do these things at Parliament.

100 Things We’ve Lost

Written By: advantage - Date published: 7:30 am, February 16th, 2022 - 25 comments

Over the past two years we have lost so many things that are not coming back.

Convoy protest 16/2/22

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 6:05 am, February 16th, 2022 - 273 comments

A general discussion post.

Auckland Mayor Phil Goff to Retire

Written By: advantage - Date published: 10:00 am, February 15th, 2022 - 6 comments

Some thoughts on the contribution of Phil Goff to Auckland during his term as Mayor.

The difference between Black Lives Matter and the Anti Mandate protest

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:36 am, February 15th, 2022 - 57 comments

Claims that local Black Lives Matter protests and the Anti Covid mandate protest are different examples of the same thing appear to be very overstated.

Convoy protest 15/2/22

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 6:54 am, February 15th, 2022 - 158 comments

A general discussion post.

Convoy protest day seven

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 6:10 am, February 14th, 2022 - 540 comments

A general discussion post.

Parliament protests and the road to splintered societies

Written By: weka - Date published: 1:03 pm, February 13th, 2022 - 68 comments

The legitimacy of protest, and why building bridges and calling people in is one of the most important actions we can take now.

The long cost of Covid-19

Written By: lprent - Date published: 11:56 am, February 13th, 2022 - 47 comments

There has been a depressing large study published looking at the medical risks of having covid-19 on the cardiovascular systems in Nature Medicine. The news isn’t good. Having Covid-19 increases the risks of a range of cardiovascular diseases from heart failure to strokes over a year. It does it across all demographics.

Can this government get re-elected?

Written By: advantage - Date published: 10:56 am, February 13th, 2022 - 34 comments

Where will the votes come from to get Labour a third term?

The right to protest

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 10:05 am, February 13th, 2022 - 131 comments

Complaints that the police are unnecessarily interfering with the Wellington Convoy’s right to protest appear to be vastly overstated.

Freakin useless

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 2:58 pm, February 10th, 2022 - 114 comments

Maureen Pugh has posted a post on facebook supporting the Wellington protestors, deleted it when it was pointed out to her the protestors were anti vaccination, and then claimed she did not realise many of the protesters were against Covid-19 vaccination.

Chloe Swarbrick Needs A Reset

Written By: advantage - Date published: 11:01 am, February 10th, 2022 - 42 comments

Chloe Swarbrick has requested that the government help Auckland central’s restaurants. But in a post Covid pre climate change world this is not going to help.

Chris Bishop – manipulated, lying, or just plain stupid?

Written By: lprent - Date published: 12:55 pm, February 9th, 2022 - 24 comments

Roche, a major manufacturer of RATs, issued a statement to media on Tuesday night saying none of its stocks had been diverted or seized by the Government.
“RAT kits have been, and will continue to be, supplied to all New Zealand customers, including the Ministry of Health, in the sequence that purchase orders were placed,”. Chris Bishop MP is still claiming mythical evidence from local suppliers.

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